Vehicle protection bumper assembly

A vehicle protection bumper assembly comprising at least two spaced support bars, each support bar having a clamping portion means for clamping said support bar to a vehicle, said support bar also having an upstanding bumper carrier portion,

• at least two transversely extending bumper bars of resilient material, each said bumper bar being a polycarbonate tube having a modulus of elasticity exceeding 290,000 pounds per square inch, and
• a plurality of clamps clamping each bumper bar to the upstanding bumper carrier portions of said support bars, each said clamp comprising an assembly of three rubber blocks in tandem and lying in face to face relationship so as to form two separation planes, each separation plane being a diametral plane of circular walls defining a clamping aperture in which said upstanding bumper carrier portion and a said bumper bar is respectively located, end plates on the assembly, and clamping bolts extending through said rubber blocks and end plates and clamping said bumper carrier portion and bumper bar,
• the shape and dimensions of said support bars and bumper bars being such that, when said support bars are clamped to the vehicle at one end of the vehicle the bumper bars extend across the width of the vehicle at said vehicle end.